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Vie nr nclpinlaenantechenttpheapt a": ie Rihihdg RSS TER ener rear TIE CREB: + A laa Rl ti aa halt an ate lnl leleti dl Pons be oe nee oof thet Tiigeach bie tae Bay Dateh recuunivedebhey toe Hobiwod Sociens Who pode scondant, of the pio Soeliaty @liyahh fer membher * ship. qtooalse oacegunts for the otames of some descendant. of the Farly Huguenots which appear on ‘the memborship reds, The gold medal of the socletv also fas ar dnreresting Dackground. itis an enlarged reproduction of “the first medal or cain, an which, j itle American flag appear thir. teen Blars as Well as thirteen’ stripes. The mudal was Struck tn: j, Lvtiand, pepbabty at The Hague.) ‘ain i7b2. a vear before the prace of} {Pars was signed and the United? j States Was recognized by Grealt Britain. 1t commemuerated a treaty, ‘lof com 7 jof cammerce between Helland and fiite Unitert states. and confirmed! The Jmpreesion ip Englund that the, : ayer docked with favor on the! } “American eolonics }t Wae inte The Texel that Paui | Jones took his priges, ihe Serapis (and her consort, Miter the iinmor-| tai seafight otf Flaborough Head, a sifact that Jainea W. Gerard did not fail to include in his address. The former ambassador did not, deliver the address, Much to his; own disappointment and the re.) gret of the sympathatic society, he, Was unabie to altend. 4 %IJt seems Mr. Gerard. who now must be close to 75, was having his afternonn constitutional in the neighborhood of his homie, a day or two before the dinner. Just as ne! stepped off the sidewalk at the 66th street corner of Fifth avenue. a big matur truck came tearing in hus dtrection. Being of the opiinon that motor | trucks apparently recklessly gqper- aled are good things te aveid Mr. Gerald stepped beckward and caine in contact with @ hydrant! he had not noticed. He fell heavily, struck! the back part of his head and was considerably shaken up. His physicians refused to allow! the former ambassador to atteng the banquet but his speech was of| such importance that Mr. Vani Wyck decided that it would have to he presented by deputy, Judge Henry E. Ackerson, Jr. of the Supreme Court bf New Jersey. ‘was chosen to read the address and: he certainly brought out every point in the forceful oration. Mr. Gerard's address wag short, idirect and unmistakably a hit with ai] who heard {t, especially his| reference to those who would do, away with the Bill of Righw. | The arlicieg in the Bil of Tights, he said, wos the essence of frer- dom and demBcracy. They might! be added to but nothing snould be} taken ffom them and while hel 1 made no reference to the part thet George Mason pluved in getting: them into the constitution of the. United Stares he told all present! that the righta of free speech, (ree, assembly and te pecition were in, corporated in the demands made} bv the Dutch burcgher# of William; the “Wignt when the father ee Wed the ent against Spanish tyrant Nor was the speech made Dr vhe 4 | medalist. J. Edgar Hoover, any leas Oe etl’ brougit his aence! to thelr fert and Se eS aise of applause that must have warmed! hig emtire belng. so hearty and Bpontaneéous was the tribute and the congratulations thal Were showerrd upon bim at the finish made it evident that everyone pres- ent agreed wilh his expressed sentiments. | Incidentaily, Mr. Hoover Was in-' troduced by Harald 0, Voorhis,! treasurer Of the society, in a Far | ticularly apt presentation of Mr. ‘Hoover and his work as director! of the FBI, the only head of a Bu reau in Washington who was not! considered a bureaucrat, said Mr. ‘Voorhis, a statement that broughi! ‘outa sharp volley of ap) dause. | You will have noticed that the: burgher guard appeared fy the} @erving of the Huispot, On tir: menu it was recorded as Hutapct) Bizzonder but w, the Holtaad ‘Bo-| clety-memberg it’was a rite in re} “membrance of the siege af Leyden, by the Spaniards, delivered by the; ‘Prince of Grange and the Master) Beggars when all seemed lost. ‘They broke down dikes and flood, ed the land so that the ships bear-, ing food and munitions imgh: reach the beleaguerod city, The flood forced the Spantards to flee and the people of the city| sallying forth 368 years ago, found; m the deserted cafup & savory dish, stewing upon the fire. To the fam- 4dshed heroes of Leyden that stew’. Was a feast, never to be forgmiten ji and today it is known as the Hut spur. 8 Fiveu the disLinguisned guests || thought the Hutspot the best tien of ihegimaecr, for ioe | War a ae sdVory slew, The distinguished guests tMetud. | ed JmA. Gastmann, consul. of indSaahertands In Ne Rear Adm! Reginald Th povermor of the New Yack of the Founders. and America; David Yan dent of The Netheriguds Soctuty Philadelphf¢ ve ee tort bears president of pies on chapter ; F the Bo: abe. “Sh, Dav seta Bee ope ea N. Haggard. pr George's Society: of 't New York, Willlgin. pres ent of the St Andrew's * ; of the State af New. ¥ark: : cs Phelan, at ‘the hoard of atety, of the Fr . Oa ee tas eet Pat: flard, prendent . moiety. at” peg ang, murach president of | ‘Revpiufion Sita t with: pe pe thet: rate, mr pot tranquillity, Pikewe ob things er: hand with Beverss ‘ston, Pie ness, on ape just in Treats te Pepiding of ficey and the era: : ning @t the diag os aah 7 Al tabie 4 ante ' " retired British . uarlermaster t ‘ parti arsha!} ie a hee i, War, B. W. aa Barn ap ‘farmer Francis 1b yaa jumbig University: Alnsiie, Talpot &. Schenck and Wt! On this desk tee tt the occaalon, 3: rom the pres t we Society: A meet " d medal which ig ae 5a Vear and’ whith thiy-jfes J. Kdgar Boever, in Applet